REAL, same with otaku main characters being traditionally attractive e-boys with Korean bowlcuts
ENOUGH, I WANT LOVABLE FRUMPY OTAKU STOP BEING ATTRACTIVE AROUND ME
One of the most inhumanly cruel things an author could do is write a creepy, gloomy otaku girl character with long unkempt bangs, only to then have her undergo some sort of character arc and end up looking more conventionally "pretty" and lose all her awkward mannerisms